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Shootz! Foraging For Holiday Eats And Other Treats For The Eyes Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Shootz! Foraging For Holiday Eats And Other Treats For The Eyes

Carolers, therapy dogs, martial artists and the arrival of winter swells on the North Shore.

US Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Hawaii Gun Licensing Requirements Creative Commons

US Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Hawaii Gun Licensing Requirements

The ruling comes in the the case of a man who was charged with carrying a gun without a license while hiking.

The Mystery Surrounding Mike Miske’s Death In A Federal Jail Cell Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

The Mystery Surrounding Mike Miske’s Death In A Federal Jail Cell

It turns out the convicted crime boss had a history of medical issues. But further testing is being done to figure out the cause of his death.

Honolulu Officers Will Not Be Charged In Fatal New Year’s Day Shooting

Honolulu Officers Will Not Be Charged In Fatal New Year’s Day Shooting

UPDATE: Sidney Tafokitau shot at multiple officers with an AR-15, wounding two, before he was killed.

PHOTO ESSAY: What Lies Beneath? An Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

PHOTO ESSAY: What Lies Beneath? An Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest

It might have looked like a Halloween slasher movie, but these scuba divers were competing for prizes.

Options To Protect Kauai From Fraud Will Go To Voters Courtesy: L茅o Azambuja/2014

Options To Protect Kauai From Fraud Will Go To Voters

A charter amendment seeks to give the county the option of purchasing insurance.

Native Hawaiian Midwives Are Asking A Judge To Uphold Their Birth Traditions AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher/2024

Native Hawaiian Midwives Are Asking A Judge To Uphold Their Birth Traditions

They are contending state law aimed at ensuring the safety of women jeopardizes those long-held practices.

Why The Future Of Democracy Could Depend On Your Group Chats Getty Images/iStockphoto/mphillips007

Why The Future Of Democracy Could Depend On Your Group Chats

Admins, moderators and influencers rule their communities with powers that the software grants them, suppressing conflict through the digital equivalent of censorship and exile.

Shootz! The Passing Of An Icon And Celestial Bodies David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Shootz! The Passing Of An Icon And Celestial Bodies

The death of a local sumo Yokozuna, the partial solar eclipse and movement and dogs looking for a home are featured in this week’s Shootz!

Surfing Moms Help Each Other Get ‘The Purest Kind Of Therapy’ Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Surfing Moms Help Each Other Get ‘The Purest Kind Of Therapy’

A mothers look after each other’s children so they each get a chance to catch the waves.